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The Samuel Suzani cushion combines hand-embroidered craftsmanship with a cotton cover produced in Jaipur through a Rajasthan skills programme that supports women artisans. Its construction follows the Suzani tradition — derived from the Persian word for needle — in which ceremonial cloths were embroidered stitch by stitch in silk and cotton, encoding the maker's identity into the fabric. The motifs reflect the softened, colour-rich aesthetic that developed as the tradition moved along the Silk Road into the Indian subcontinent, resulting in a multi-toned surface with pronounced textural depth.
A hand-embroidered cotton cushion cover made in Jaipur in the Suzani tradition — each stitch placed by hand by a woman whose participation in a Rajasthan skills programme turned an ancient craft into an independent income and a future she is building on her own terms. Suzani — from the Persian word for needle — began in the workshops and homes of Central Asia, where women embroidered large ceremonial cloths in silk and cotton as part of a bridal tradition that encoded the maker's identity into every stitch. The tradition travelled west and south along the Silk Road, softening as it moved, picking up the colours and motifs of each new environment. This style, derived in Rajistan made by women who can embroider to this standard of gives suzani a new life of is own.
